April 2022 - Page 5 of 7

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Deadly Shooting in Garfield Heights Neighborhood

Details A defendant pleaded guilty to a 2019 shooting that killed a 23-year-old man. Andre Smith was initially charged with first-degree murder while armed in the fatal shooting of Delwaun Lyons... Read More

Document: 15-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Northwest, DC

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a shooting that killed 15-year-old Malachi Jackson. At approximately 10:50 p.m. on April 11, officers responded to the 3000 block of 13th Street, NW,... Read More

Man Sentenced for Firearm Offense After Prosecutors Drop Murder Charge

Details A defendant was sentenced to a period of supervised probation for a firearm charge after prosecutors dropped his second-degree murder charge as part of a plea deal. Jerome Myles was... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to Deadly Shooting in Northeast, DC While Prosecutors Drop Homicide Charge in a Separate Case

Details One of the defendants who was charged in the fatal shootings of 21-year-old Michael Taylor and 21-year-old Dion DeMarco Boyd made a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to a lesser homicide... Read More

Percentage of Shooting Related Homicides Stays Relatively The Same

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 11, 2022
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Details The percentage of homicides stemming from shootings between Jan. 1 and March 31 of each year has stayed mostly consistent, regardless of the number of homicides. Read More

Deadly Stabbing Case Handed to Jury After Closing Arguments

Details The trial for the fatal stabbing of 40-year-old Ivan Lynch wrapped up with attorneys delivering closing arguments before the nearly four-year-old case was handed to the jury. Marquette Jordan is... Read More

Defendant Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Woman in Her Apartment

Details A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a defendant on felony sex abuse charges for forcing himself on a woman in her Kingman Park neighborhood apartment. Richard Goodwin came to the... Read More

Document: 10-Year-Old Succumbs to Injuries After Motor Vehicle Collision

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 8, 2022
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Details Four days after a van collided head-on with a Metrobus on the 3300 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE, the van’s 10-year-old passenger succumbed to his injuries. During... Read More

Domestic Violence Defendant Sentenced on Misdemeanor Charges for Starting Fire in Apartment

Details Exactly two years after he was initially charged with arson, a domestic violence defendant was sentenced for three misdemeanor charges. “I first want to start off by apologizing,” Clarence Bowler... Read More

Document: Suspect Arrested in Fatal Shooting

Details A suspect was arrested in the aftermath of a shooting that left one man dead. At approximately 10:23 a.m. on April 6, Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the 4800... Read More

Man Sentenced for Series of Sexual Assaults in Capitol Hill Neighborhood Homes

Details A DC Superior Court judge sentenced a Maryland man to 39 years in prison for a series of sexual assaults committed in 2016 against three men in the Capitol Hill... Read More

Murder Defendant Removed From Courtroom for Disrupting His Trial

Details The defendant accused of murdering 48-year-old Ivan Lynch was removed from the courtroom during the eighth day of his trial. Prosecutors allege that Marquette Jordan stabbed Lynch to death during... Read More

Month: April 2022